Ice granted access to Medicaid data to monitor and expel illegal immigrants

Immigration and customs application (ICE) have recently obtained access to data from Medicaid registrants, helping the agents responsible for fulfilling the Trump administration’s objective of finding and deporting illegal immigrants.

Medicaid, which uses taxpayers to provide health insurance to adults and low -income children, has more than 71 million registered in March 2025.

The information shared with ice will include domestic addresses and ethnic groups, according to a report by the Associated Press.

The agreement, negotiated between the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was signed on Monday, according to the report.

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The Ministry of Internal Security will have access to data registration data in Medicaid, according to the report. (AP Newsroom)

Although the real number of illegal immigrants on Medicaid is unknown, around 1.4 million people currently on Medicaid do not meet the requirements of citizenship and immigration status for registration in Medicaid, according to a document from the Congressional Budget Office.

DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital that the initiative will guarantee that illegal immigrants do not benefit from health benefits funded by taxpayers.

“President Trump has constantly promised to protect Medicaid for eligible beneficiaries,” McLaughlin wrote in a statement. “To keep this promise after Joe Biden has flooded our country of tens of millions of illegal CMS and DHS explore an initiative to ensure that illegal foreigners do not receive the advantages of Medicaid which are intended for laws respectful of laws.”

Immigration and customs’ application agents (ICE) examine the name lists and their hearing hours and locations inside the Federal Plaza courthouse before arresting on June 27, 2025 in New York. (Bryan R. Smith / AFP via Getty Images)

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The agreement was signed for weeks after California and 19 other states continued the Trump administration for transferring Medicaid data to the DHS.

“Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and HHS (HHS) has given a mine of health data protected by the states obtained including California, Illinois and Washington, to other federal agencies, including the Ministry of Internal Security (DHS), “according to court documents.” Millions of information on the health of individuals has been transferred without their consent, and in violation of federal law “.

Residents surround federal agents and border patrol who plan their escape after an immigrant raid on Atlantic Blvd. In Bell, California on June 19, 2025. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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The trial claims that public sensitive health data can only be used for the purposes that Congress authorized, accusing the Trump administration of violating federal laws, including the Act respecting administrative procedure (APA) and the Portability and Liability Act (HIPAA).

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The Associated Press and Danielle Wallace by Associated Press and Fox News Digital contributed to this report.